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Friday, April 30, 2010

NaPoWriMo Poem #30: Bridge to Heaven

Our dear friends' daughter passed into heaven yesterday, and I couldn't help expressing my sorrow for C's passing in poesy.

Bridge to Heaven
For C.--A breath she is--
a beloved household presence
gone, yet remaining with us,
bridging earth and heaven.
She gathers her loved ones
into the Palm of His Hand--
precious shells and stones
she collects from seashores
too beautiful for earth-bound
minds to comprehend.

Brush in one hand and
palette in the other,
she paints heavenly landscapes
too brilliant for our earthly eyes--
every brushstroke praising her Creator,
every painting pure worship.

Our earth-tethered hearts ache,
throb with missing her.
Lovingly she sends us His Comfort,
enveloping us in His Love--
the Love in which she will rejoice
eternally.

Thanks. C is such a special girl--a talented artist, a compassionate heart. She and my Jonathan were born the same year, six months apart (almost to the day), and we used to invite them to his birthday parties, and they invited us to hers--they are both 12 right now; J will be 13 next month.

It's been a long fight for C.--fought bravely and well. She is missed--a gaping hole in the hearts of so many, those who knew and loved her and those who prayed for her around the world over the years.

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that she's gone...it just doesn't seem possible somehow.

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about me:

I am a contemplative Christian, a voracious reader, a dedicated writer, an occasional poet, a passionate educator, a puttering gardener, an uncertain photographer, a fan of all things bright and British, a newbie genealogist, and, best of all, wife to an artistic genius and a homeschooling mother of four incredible young people. Because of my passion for meditating upon God's Word, I have my feet firmly planted in both the evangelical and the liturgical catholic Christian traditions.

quotation(s) of the week

"Lent isn't only a season of subtraction; Lent too is a season of multiplication: more love, more grace, more kindness, more courage, more Christ."

~Ann Voskamp on A Holy Experience

book of common prayer 2011

FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT: Passion Sunday

THE COLLECT:

ALMIGHTY God, your Son Jesus Christ appeared as a High Priest of the good things to come and entered once for all into the holy places, securing us an eternal redemption; Mercifully look upon your people, so that by your great goodness we may be governed and protected forever, in body and spirit, by the Blood of Christ; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and rules with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.(References: Hebrews 9.11-12; 1 Peter 2.9-10; 1 Thessalonians 5.23)